AQA GCSE DANCE Component 2 Dance appreciation QP 2023
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GCSE
DANCE
Component 2 Dance appreciation
Tuesday 20 June 2023 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will not need any other materials.
Section Mark
Instructions
A
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Answer all questions. B
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. C
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside
TOTAL
the box around each page or on blank pages.
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to
be marked.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
You should use examples wherever appropriate to support your responses.
You may use bullet points, continuous prose or diagrams in your answers.
Advice
You should spend about 30 minutes on Section A, 25 minutes on Section B and 35 minutes on
Section C.
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Section A – Knowledge and understanding of choreographic processes and box
performing skills
Answer all questions in this section.
37.5% (30 marks) – you should spend about 30 minutes on this section.
You are choreographing a trio (a dance for three dancers) using the images below as a stimulus.
All answers to Questions 01–06.2 must relate to this stimulus.
Three photographs of a sculpture of Stephanie Tubbs Jones by Michael Murphy (2020)
0 1 Outline a choreographic intent for your trio, which refers to the stimulus and the use of
three dancers.
[3 marks]
*02*
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Do not write
outside the
box
0 2 .1 Identify two relationships you could use in your trio.
[2 marks]
1
2
0 2 . 2 Describe one way you could use one relationship identified in Question 02.1 to
support the choreographic intent outlined in Question 01.
[2 marks]
0 3 Describe one way you could use action content to support the choreographic intent
outlined in Question 01.
[2 marks]
0 4 Describe one way you could use choreographic devices to support the choreographic
intent outlined in Question 01.
[2 marks]
Turn over ►
*03*
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Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signatu re
I declare this is my own work.
GCSE
DANCE
Component 2 Dance appreciation
Tuesday 20 June 2023 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
You will not need any other materials.
Section Mark
Instructions
A
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Answer all questions. B
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. C
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside
TOTAL
the box around each page or on blank pages.
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to
be marked.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
You should use examples wherever appropriate to support your responses.
You may use bullet points, continuous prose or diagrams in your answers.
Advice
You should spend about 30 minutes on Section A, 25 minutes on Section B and 35 minutes on
Section C.
*JUN23 236W01*
IB/G/Jun23/E6 8236/W
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Section A – Knowledge and understanding of choreographic processes and box
performing skills
Answer all questions in this section.
37.5% (30 marks) – you should spend about 30 minutes on this section.
You are choreographing a trio (a dance for three dancers) using the images below as a stimulus.
All answers to Questions 01–06.2 must relate to this stimulus.
Three photographs of a sculpture of Stephanie Tubbs Jones by Michael Murphy (2020)
0 1 Outline a choreographic intent for your trio, which refers to the stimulus and the use of
three dancers.
[3 marks]
*02*
IB/G/Jun23/8236/W
, 3
Do not write
outside the
box
0 2 .1 Identify two relationships you could use in your trio.
[2 marks]
1
2
0 2 . 2 Describe one way you could use one relationship identified in Question 02.1 to
support the choreographic intent outlined in Question 01.
[2 marks]
0 3 Describe one way you could use action content to support the choreographic intent
outlined in Question 01.
[2 marks]
0 4 Describe one way you could use choreographic devices to support the choreographic
intent outlined in Question 01.
[2 marks]
Turn over ►
*03*
IB/G/Jun23/8236/W
